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POEMS.
55, 56, Lay of the Last Minstrel,—Ballads, Songs, &c.
57, 58, Marmion—Occasional Pieces.
59, 60, Lady of the Lake—Vision of Don Roderick.
61, 62, Rokeby—Bridal of Triermain.
63, 64, Lord of the Isles—Field of Waterloo—Miscellaneous Poems
65, 66, Harold the Dauntless—Dramatic Pieces.
These works, which are handsomely printed on good paper, from large type,
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THE
POPULAR POEMS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT.
NEW EDITIONS.
With the Author's latest Corrections, Introductions, and Notes;
EACH IN A SINGLE VOLUME, WITH BEAUTIFUL STEEL ENGRAVINGS.
THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.
BALLADS AND SONGS.
“For vivid richness of coloring, and truth of costume, many of the descriptive
passages of this poem stand almost unrivalled. It carries us back in imagination
to the time of action; and we wander with the poet along Tweedside, or among
the wild glades of Ettrick Forest.”
MARMION.
A Tale of Flodden Field.
“This poem is superior to all that Scott has hitherto produced, and with a few
faults of diction, equal to any thing that has ever been written.”
—Jeffrey, Edinburgh Review.
THE LADY OF THE LAKE;
In Six Cantos.
THE VISION OF DON RODERICK.
“There is a richness and spirit in this poem, a profusion of incident, and a
shifting brilliancy of coloring, that remind us of the witchery of Ariosto.”
—Jeffrey.
ROKEBY.
THE BRIDAL OF TRIERMAIN.
“The interest inspired by the fable, the masterly delineations of the characters
by whose agency the plot is unravelled, and the spirited, nervous conciseness of the
narrative, we think will satisfy the expectations which the author's reputation has
excited.”
—Edinburgh Review.
THE LORD OF THE ISLES.
THE FIELD OF WATERLOO, AND OTHER POEMS.
“Another genuine lay from the harp of that indefatigable minstrel. The same
glow of coloring, the same energy of narration, the same amplitude of description,
are conspicuous here, which distinguish all his other productions.”
—Edinburgh Review.
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A NEW HOME—WHO'LL FOLLOW?
OR
GLIMPSES OF WESTERN LIFE,
BY MRS. MARY CLAVERS, AN ACTUAL SETTLER.
THIRD EDITION.
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AROUND THE WORLD:
A NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE IN THE EAST
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ZENOBIA:
OR
THE FALL OF PALMYRA.
A HISTORICAL ROMANCE; IN LETTERS FROM LUCIUS M. PISO FROM
PALMYRA TO HIS FRIEND MARCUS CURTIUS AT ROME.
A Sequel to the above, 2vols., cloth.
PROBUS, OR ROME IN THE THIRD CENTURY,
IN LETTERS FROM LUCIUS M. PISO FROM ROME, TO FAUSTA THE
DAUGHTER OF GRACCHUS, AT PALMYRA.
From the North American Review, for October, 1838.
“The Letters from Palmyra, or Zenobia, is one of the most brilliant additions
to American Literature. To have fallen on a subject of such admirable
capabilities, and unappropriated by previous seekers after attractive themes for
works of fiction, was a piece of rare good 'fortune in an age of such literary
abundance as the present—to have treated it in a manner fully equal to its demands
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keenest perception. All which has been done in this beautiful work.”
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JOURNAL OF A RECENT VISIT TO THE PRINCIPAL
VINEYARDS OF SPAIN AND FRANCE.
GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE METHODS PURSUED IN THE CULTIVATION
OF THE VINE, THE MANUFACTURE OF WINE, ETC., ETC.
BY JAMES BUSBY, ESQ.
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